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    Various beginner questions

    Thank you all very much for the great information and advise. I plan to read as much as i can, view as many videos as i can about design and construction of aircraft as i can and ask as many questions on this forum as i can. My goal at this moment is to understand the theory of designing a...
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    Various beginner questions

    Thank you Ir27 and Mcurcio1989 for the great info and honest advice. I know i am just a beginner and as Mcurcio1989 wrote a "fish in water" looking at a bridge. I completely understand. I do however, have a unique ability to see how things are built and can, through knowledge(research...
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    Various beginner questions

    Oh, I know, I just have questions off the top of my head which I have to ask now before I forget. I am in the process of getting a few books mentioned before, then I can ask more detailed/ technical questions. I am just trying to get as much information now so when I do start reading, I can...
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    Steps to designing and building question

    But dont you have to know one thing that leads to the next which leads to the next, so on and so on? What comes first, then second, then third etc... ? There has to be a certain list or flow of order that the majority agree upon to designing a aircraft. Also a majority agreed upon list/ flow...
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    What determines the aircraft length and width?

    Thanks Dana, riggerrob, swampyankee for the great answers you gave me. Ordering some books, thanks for the "understandable" info. Really helps.
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    Various beginner questions

    Oh, I know, I just have questions off the top of my head which I have to ask now before I forget. I am in the process of getting a few books mentioned before, then I can ask more detailed/ technical questions. I am just trying to get as much information now so when I do start reading, I can...
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    Steps to designing and building question

    I understand getting the books, and I am in the process of ordering them. My question was a list/diagram/flow chart of the process of designing a aircraft and also a list/diagram/ flow chart of construction of a aircraft. In what order do I start designing... and... constructing the aircraft. A...
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    Steps to designing and building question

    As far as designing an aircraft, is there a general/basic step by step "flow chart" type diagram/list that a designer/amateur builder would go by that leads from idea to conception. Adding to the above, which part of the plane should be designed first? I know it is a broad question, just...
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    What determines the aircraft length and width?

    I may put that second question in a separate thread.
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    What determines the aircraft length and width?

    Thank you guys for the great answers for the layman without being too technical. I actually understand the explanations. As far as designing an aircraft, is there a general/basic step by step "flow chart" type diagram/list that a designer/amateur builder would go by that leads from idea to...
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    Various beginner questions

    I understand about being more technical in my question, i am asking for general/different scenarios/answers of what determines a aircrafts length and width. Fuselage with and total width wingtip to wingtip. If i had a more technical question to ask, i probably would have read enough to...
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    What determines the aircraft length and width?

    What determines the length and width of the airplane. Width includes the fuselage itself as well as the plane as a whole from wingtip to wingtip?
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    Various beginner questions

    Thanks guys for the information. I plan to find those books stated above and begin to design my aircraft while referring questions to the forum and get feedback and suggestions to what needs to be included or removed. I hope to post pictures to clarify any questions/issues that i come across...
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    Various beginner questions

    I have seen a few aircraft construction/ design books. Alot of them are incomplete, vague or too specialized in a certain areas while leaving other areas out. I am looking for the most COMPLETE design/theory/construction book(s) avaliable. The book(s) that are the "go to" everytime. First...
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    Various beginner questions

    What is the most complete book about design/theory and construction of a aircraft? Doesnt have to be gear toward a certain type of aircraft. Lots of graphics preferred. As far as aircraft aluminum for the wings, spar, frame, fuselage etc..., what type of aluminum is used? Where can this...
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